Letter to the Editor: Congress should abide by laws like everyone else

Professor James Rhodes writes on March 8 ("If It's So Good ...") that if Healthy Iowa is such a good plan why aren't Iowa's elected officials on it?

I would ask the same thing about Obamacare. If it is such a great plan, why did the politicians who wrote it, and whose wages we pay, exempt themselves from it? Is it another case of elitist politicians thinking it's good enough for thee, but not for me?

[Editor's note: Factcheck.org says it is false that the Affordable Care Act exempts either members of Congress or the White House staff. Those employees are covered under the federal government's health insurance programs, which meet the requirements as the law imposes on other large employers.]

I would like to see a new law passed that says: Congress shall pass no law that applies to the people and not to themselves, and any such laws currently on the books will not be enforced."

That would solve a lot of problems.

-Jack Banghart, Des Moines

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Letter to the Editor: Congress should abide by laws like everyone else

Professor James Rhodes writes on March 8 ('If It's So Good ...') that if Healthy Iowa is such a good plan why aren't Iowa's elected officials on it?